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Statistics have been released on productivity and cases brought at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The institution as a whole

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled* the Dublin III Regulation allows member states to send an applicant for international protection to a safe third country, irrespective of whether it is the member state responsible for processing the application or another member state. Th

Attorney General for Northern Ireland, John Larkin QC The Attorney General for Northern Ireland, John Larkin QC, has said the Easter Rising in 1916 lacked "any democratic or constitutional legitimacy".

The Court of Appeal has overturned a decision of the High Court to refer a bill of costs dated 12th November, 2007, to taxation. The bill related to the work of a solicitor, Ms Mary Dorgan, conducted on behalf of Ms Susan Spillane in two matrimonial proceedings instituted by Ms Spillane’s husband

The Court of Appeal in Belfast has upheld a ban on men who have sex with men (MSM) donating blood in Northern Ireland. The court determined Northern Ireland's Health Minister is the correct person to make a decision on the appropriate deferral period from giving blood for MSM.

MLAs received calls yesterday to set up a comprehensive redress system for survivors of historic child abuse. Survivors were convened in Stormont for the launch of a new report setting out the findings of research conducted by a new Expert Panel on Redress, comprising representatives from a range of

Darren Maher Matheson partner Darren Maher took part in a discussion on Solvency II at the European Insurance Forum (EIF) conference in Dublin today.

More than twenty human rights lawyers have signed a letter criticising plans to shred the medical records of some symphysiotomy survivors. The Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme website has asked applicants to get in touch to tell them whether their application and supporting documents should be returned

The European Court of Justice has dismissed an action by The Body Shop to have a decision of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) to reject its application for registration of the trade mark “SPA WISDOM” annulled. In 2010, The Body Shop International, established in Littleh

MPs backed the Investigatory Powers Bill at its second reading in the House of Commons yesterday by 281-15. The UK's Home Secretary Theresa May told the chamber that the legislation would uphold the Government's commitment to "updating and consolidating our country’s investigatory powers in a clea

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford A new £13.9 million forensic laboratory has been formally opened in Belfast by Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford.

The Supreme Court has found that a Receiver was validly appointed, after upholding the trial judge’s finding that “the close of business” had been correctly interpreted by the bank as being 4pm. The appeal followed an application initiated by an originating notice of motion filed on 13th July,

Pictured (l-r): Mark Barrett and John Cuddigan in back, Julie Burke and Richard Martin in front Law firms Ronan Daly Jermyn and JM Burke Tax Solicitors have announced they will merge with effect from 4 April 2016.

More than 200 lawyers have said the Investigatory Powers Bill breaches international surveillance standards and is not fit for purpose ahead of its second reading in the House of Commons today. In a letter to The Guardian, senior lawyers condemned the bill, which sets out a legal framework facilitat

Justice Minister David Ford Justice Minister David Ford has welcomed the findings of a scoping study on children in the justice system.